Obama’s War Crimes: Yemen War Escalates, Missile Fired at US Navy

U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Mason was the target of a failed missile attack from territory in Yemen.

The missile attack is seen as retaliation after the US/Saudi Arabia coalition bombed mourners in the capital Sanaa that killed up to 140 people.

“Both missiles impacted the water before reaching the ship,” Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said. “There were no injuries to our sailors and no damage to the ship.”

Saudi Arabia and the United States blame Iran, the same Iran that Obama and Clinton gave massive amounts of cash.

The attack also came the same day that Yemen’s powerful former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, a key Houthi ally, called for an escalation of attacks against Saudi Arabia, demanding “battle readiness at the fronts on the (Saudi) border”.

An estimated 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen’s war. The United Nations blames Saudi-led coalition strikes for 60 percent of some 3,800 civilian deaths since they began in March 2015.

The USA and Saudi Arabia have been conducting bombing missions in Yemen since 2015.

A U.S. defense official, said the first missile triggered counter-measures from the USS Mason. It was not immediately clear whether those defenses may have helped prevent a direct hit on the ship.

The USS Mason did not return fire, the official said, adding that the incident took place just north of the Bab al-Mandab strait off Yemen’s southern coast.

The US government is concerned it could be implicated in potential war crimes in Yemen because of its support for a Saudi-led coalition air campaign.

Official documents obtained by Reuters news agency show government lawyers advised the US it might be considered a co-belligerent under international law.

The Obama administration has continued to authorize weapons sales to Saudi Arabia despite the warnings last year.

Reuters reported that another email made specific reference to a 2013 ruling from the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, who was found guilty of aiding rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war.

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